Noon – 6 pm The Calling: The Transformative Power of African American Doll and Puppet Making Ages: AllArt Family Free City LoreEast Village
Noon – 5 pm Christmas in Historic Richmondtown Ages: AllAttractions Christmas Family Historic Richmond TownStaten Island
Noon – 3 pm St. Nicholas Cookie Walk 2023 Ages: AllChristmas Community Family St Nicholas of Myra Orthodox ChurchEast Village
Noon The Rock and Roll Playhouse Plays the Music of Taylor Swift + More for Kids ft. Honey Marmalade & Friends Ages: AllFamily Music Brooklyn Bowl: BrooklynWilliamsburg
Noon – 6 pm Photos with Santa Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday Kings Plaza Shopping CenterMarine Park
Noon – 6 pm Winter Wanderland: Presented by theSkimm X Brookfield Place Ages: AllFamily Free Holiday Brookfield PlaceTribeca
11 am Noon HARMONIZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS: A CELEBRATION OF UNITY AND JOY: DIVINITY ROXX Ages: AllAttractions Family Music The Tisch Building at CMOMUpper West Side
Noon – 3 pm Chanukah Festival at Commonpoint Queens Central Queens Ages: AllFamily Festivals Free Commonpoint Queens Central QueensForest Hills
Noon – 6 pm Holiday Open Streets on Fifth Avenue Ages: AllAttractions Community Family Fifth Avenue, from 48th to 59th StreetManhattan
Noon – 3 pm Waggytail Rescue Meet & Greet at Arlo Nomad Ages: AllAnimals Community Family Arlo NoMadManhattan
12:30 pm 2:30 pm 4 pm Gingerbread House Decorating Workshop Ages: AllArt Community Family Church Street School for Music & ArtTribeca
1 pm 2:30 pm 4 pm Works & Process at the Guggenheim announces Peter & the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with Isaac Mizrahi Ages: AllFamily Theater GuggenheimManhattan
1 pm 5 pm George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Ages: 5 and upChristmas Dance Family David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln CenterManhattan
1 pm 2 pm Ms T’s Cranky Tales : Hares and Bears Ages: 8 and underArt Family Theater Old Stone House – Park SlopePark Slope
1 – 2 pm Hibernation Hike Ages: AllAnimals Family Free Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical GardenStaten Island
1 – 6 pm Red Hook Holiday Market Ages: AllArt Attractions Family BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook
1:30 – 3:30 pm B J C Hosts Community Chanukah Concert and Party Ages: AllCommunity Concert Family Bronx Jewish CenterMorris Park/Pelham Parkway
2 pm Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season Ages: AllCaribbean Dance Family New York City CenterMidtown Manhattan
2 pm 6 pm The 20th Annual Christmas Show at St. George Theatre Ages: AllChristmas Family Holiday St. George TheatreStaten Island
2 pm – midnight 6 pm – midnight The Christmas Show – 20th Anniversary Ages: AllFamily St. George TheatreStaten Island
11 am – noon 2 – 3 pm A Christmas Carol the Musical Ages: AllCaribbean Christmas Family The Players TheatreWest Village
2 pm The Magic Flute—Holiday Presentation Ages: AllDance Family Holiday The Metropolitan Opera HouseManhattan
Dec. 17, noon Sing of the Season With Live Caroling on the Fifth Avenue Steps of Marble Church Marble Collegiate Church
Brooklyn Paper PHOTOS: Brooklynites celebrate first night of Hanukkah and ‘light over darkness’ by lighting boro’s largest menorah